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Mobile devices reshaping the news industry: study

WASHINGTON: Half of American adults own a smartphone or tablet computer, and most of them use these devices to access ne

Published 01 Oct, 2012 11:00pm

Arts

Drama Competition gains momentum at RAC

ISLAMABAD: Drama Festival at Rawalpindi Arts Council (RAC) gained momentum on Monday as two plays were staged, by women

Published 01 Oct, 2012 09:00am

Arts

Potter author's first novel for grown-ups divides critics

LONDON: Harry Potter author JK Rowling's first novel for adults hit the shelves Thursday and has already notched up adva

Published 27 Sep, 2012 10:45pm

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'Earlier version' of da Vinci's Mona Lisa unveiled in Geneva

GENEVA: What could be an earlier version of Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" was unveiled Thursday in Geneva along with r

Published 27 Sep, 2012 10:25pm

Arts

Rowling leaves door ajar to return to Potter 'world'

NEW YORK/LONDON: Harry's still finished, but don't rule out any return to the Potter world. Although J.K. Rowling's fir

Published 26 Sep, 2012 10:03pm

Arts

Drama competition starts at RAC

ISLAMABAD: Inter colleges and universities drama competition started at Rawalpindi Arts Council on Wednesday. Th

Published 26 Sep, 2012 08:43am

Arts

Sotheby's gains new foothold in China art market

BEIJING: Sotheby's is set to become the first international fine art auction house in China after signing a joint ventur

Published 21 Sep, 2012 10:04pm

Arts

FBI adds Renoir to its arts crime hit parade

WASHINGTON: FBI has added a Renoir to its global gallery of major art thefts, a year after it was stolen from a private

Published 18 Sep, 2012 07:49pm

Arts

Art, Speech competition on Japan on Wednesday

ISLAMABAD: The Embassy of Japan has arranged an art and speech competition about Japan here on September 19 at Pakistan

Published 18 Sep, 2012 09:07am

Arts

Renowned Urdu feminist writer Hajra Masroor passes away

KARACHI: Renowned feminist writer of Pakistan and author of several books and short stories in Urdu, Hajra Masroor passe

Published 15 Sep, 2012 12:50pm

Arts

Workshop on `Art, Photography Craze' starts

ISLAMABAD: A workshop on `Art and Photography Craze' started here Friday at Kuch Khaas, Center for Arts, Culture and Dia

Published 14 Sep, 2012 09:23am

Arts

Contemporary art show to highlight creativity

ISLAMABAD: The Rohtas Art Gallery has scheduled a biggest showing of Pakistani Contemporary Art at the National Art Gall

Published 13 Sep, 2012 10:23am

Arts

Moving museum takes "snapshot" of unsung Russian art

MOSCOW: British art curator James Brett believes people are either born artists or they are not. The eccentric founder

Published 12 Sep, 2012 10:43pm

Arts

George Michael rocks Paris Opera

PARIS: George Michael on Sunday became the first pop singer to play a gig at the Paris Opera, with a special gala concer

Published 10 Sep, 2012 06:41am

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Alexander Wang glows in the dark at NY fashion week

NEW YORK: Alexander Wang thrilled his guests with futuristic outfits that glow in the dark Saturday as he reaffirmed his

Published 09 Sep, 2012 07:28am

Arts

Famed intellectual Ashfaq Ahmed remembered

ISLAMABAD: Renowned for his spiritualistic approach towards life, Ashfaq Ahmed who was a distinguished writer, playwrigh

Published 07 Sep, 2012 08:26am

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Chinese 'blind spot' for Western readers

HONG KONG: A potent mix of state censorship, conservative publishing choices and scant translation means international r

Published 03 Sep, 2012 06:30am

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Rahat Fateh Ali to entertain Islooites in live concert on Sept 5

ISLAMABAD: Maestro of classical singing Rahat Fateh Ali Khan will perform in a live concert here on September 5 to enter

Published 02 Sep, 2012 03:19pm

Arts

Faith opens door for Israeli into Whirling Dervish order

JAT: As the sun begins setting over his mountainside dwelling, Miki Cohen takes his position under a wrought iron gazebo

Published 02 Sep, 2012 07:20am

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Picasso, Duchamp in face-off in Stockholm

STOCKHOLM: Stockholm's Museum of Modern Art is pitting Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, two of the 20th century's moder

Published 02 Sep, 2012 06:33am

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French rocker Hallyday heads to US after health scare

FORT-DE-FRANCE: Veteran French rocker Johnny Hallyday left a Caribbean hospital on Friday on board a private jet en rout

Published 31 Aug, 2012 10:57am

Arts

Solo show on rural imagery opens tomorrow

ISLAMABAD: A solo exhibition of paintings on rural imagery will be displayed here on September 1 at gallery 6 by artist

Published 31 Aug, 2012 10:09am

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Twitter co-founders create online publishing site

SAN FRANCISCO: A website launched by Twitter co-founders as a publishing platform for stories, memories and news was ope

Published 15 Aug, 2012 08:00pm

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Muslim ex-worker sues Disney for Religious Discrimination

KARACHI: Imane Boudlal, a Muslim employee sues Disneyland for persecution and religious discrimination by saying that th

Published 15 Aug, 2012 11:17am

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Death anniversary of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan to be observed today

ISLAMABAD: The 15th death anniversary of the legendary qawwali maestro‚ Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan will be observed tod

Published 15 Aug, 2012 09:46am

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Pir Mazhar to write book on Judicial History of country to disclose hidden facts

KARACHI: Senior Minister for Education & Literacy Pir Mazhar-ul-Haq would write a book on ‘Judiciary’s biased role’ agai

Published 15 Aug, 2012 09:42am

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Lok Virsa celebrates independence day

ISLAMABAD: Maintaining its previous traditions, Lok Virsa (National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage) celebrat

Published 15 Aug, 2012 09:03am

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51st death anniversary of Baba-i-Urdu on Aug 16

KARACHI: The 51st death anniversary of Baba-i-Urdu Molvi Abdul Haq will be observed on August 16. This was announced in

Published 13 Aug, 2012 11:06am

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Exhibition of rare copies of Holy Quran inaugurated

KARACHI: Sindh Minister for Culture, Ms. Saussi Paleejo on Sunday inaugurated the exhibition of rare copies of the Holy

Published 12 Aug, 2012 04:27pm

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‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ become best selling book in Britain surpassed ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow’

KARACHI: EL James’s novel “Fifty Shades of Grey” surpassed the last instalment of magical world series “Harry Potter and

Published 10 Aug, 2012 08:48am

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Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / May 20	278.30
USD PKR Interbank Buying / May 20	278.10
USD to Japanese Yen / May 20	155.76
USD to Swiss Franc / May 20	0.91
Pound Sterling to USD / May 20	1.27
Euro to USD / May 20	1.09

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / May 17	5303.27
India Sensex / May 17	73917.03
Nasdaq / May 17	16685.97
Dow Jones / May 17	40003.59
Tokyo Nikkei / May 20	39197.34
Hang Seng / May 20	19650.18
FTSE 100 / May 20	8442.03
Germany DAX 30 / May 20	18754.68

Item	Value
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / May 17	19935
Petrol/Litre / May 20	273.10
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / May 20	80.09
Gold 10 Grams PKR / May 20	214678
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / May 20	2436.84
Diesel/Litre / May 20	274.08

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / May 20 786 Investments Limited(786)	5 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / May 20 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	585 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / May 20 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / May 20 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / May 20 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / May 20 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	87.10 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / May 20 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	499.34 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / May 20 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / May 20 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	9.84 ▲ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume
P.I.A.C.(A) / May 20 Pakistan International Airlines Corp(PIAA)	47,200,500 ▲ 0.00
Cnergyico PK / May 20 Cnergyico PK Limited(CNERGY)	29,719,327 ▲ 0.00
Pak Petroleum / May 20 Pakistan Petroleum Limited(PPL)	21,170,581 ▲ 0.00
Pak Refinery / May 20 Pakistan Refinery Limited(PRL)	16,965,134 ▲ 0.00
The Searle Co. / May 20 The Searle Company Limited(SEARL)	15,793,227 ▲ 0.00
P.T.C.L. / May 20 Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd(PTC)	15,054,641 ▲ 0.00
K-Electric Ltd. / May 20 K-Electric Limited(KEL)	14,145,556 ▲ 0.00
WorldCall Telecom / May 20 Worldcall Telecom Limited(WTL)	13,158,668 ▲ 0.00
Telecard Limited / May 20 Telecard Limited(TELE)	12,358,668 ▲ 0.00

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